[arin-discuss] ARIN Consultation: Changing the Voter Eligibility for ARIN Member Organizations

[Robert Marder]

I also oppose the change.

"one vote, one person". making that "many persons, one vote" only 
creates more problems.

On 2013-01-15 12:59, Bob Evans wrote:
> I also oppose the change.
> bob evans
>
>> I oppose the change.
>>
>> It would create ambiguity and a race condition where an organization
>> would have to apply additional management constraints on who was a
>> designated POC in order to prevent the possibility of vote 
>> tampering.
>>
>> I would support allowing the admin contact to radio-button the DMR
>> in the ARIN-ONLINE interface.
>>
>> Owen
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 8:08 AM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
>>
>>> ARIN is seeking feedback from its membership about changing voting
>>> eligibility so that any ARIN web account linked to an Admin and/or 
>>> Tech
>>> POC of a Member organization may cast the ballot for the 
>>> organization's
>>> one vote in ARIN elections. This change would replace the 
>>> Designated
>>> Member Representative (DMR) role in the ARIN elections and allow
>>> organizations to have more that one eligible voter.  There is no 
>>> change
>>> to the one vote per Organization ID rule.
>>> We are suggesting this change in order to increase participation in 
>>> ARIN
>>> elections. This change would:
>>>
>>>    * Allow organizations to have more than one eligible voter, 
>>> thereby
>>> increasing the chances that someone would be available to cast a 
>>> ballot
>>>
>>>    *  Eliminate the need for Members to create and update the DMR 
>>> POC
>>> with its specialized email requirements
>>>
>>>     Note: The benefit of allowing more than one individual the 
>>> ability
>>> to cast the organization's one vote may in some cases require 
>>> internal
>>> coordination to determine who will cast the vote. If a second 
>>> individual
>>> attempts to vote, they will receive notification that their 
>>> organization
>>> has already voted and they will not be able to cast a ballot.
>>>
>>> ARIN is seeking input from the community regarding this potential
>>> change, including whether it would be beneficial and if made, 
>>> whether
>>> voting eligibility should be provided to Admin POCs or Admin and 
>>> Tech
>>> POCs.
>>> You can read background on ARIN's existing processes of DMRs at:
>>>
>>> https://www.arin.net/about_us/membership/dmr.html
>>>
>>> You can read about ARIN's current Board and Advisory Council 
>>> Election
>>> voting process at:
>>>
>>> 
>>> https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/elec_procedures.html#voting
>>>
>>> Relevant Statistics:
>>>
>>>     89% of ARIN Members currently have a web account linked to 
>>> either
>>> their Admin or Tech POC handle.
>>>
>>>     85%  of ARIN Members currently have a web account linked to 
>>> their
>>> Admin POC handle.
>>>
>>>     In the 2012 elections 87% of Member organizations had a DMR 
>>> that
>>> was eligible to vote.
>>>
>>> Please provide comments to arin-discuss at arin.net.
>>>
>>> Discussion will close on 12 February 2013. ARIN seeks clear 
>>> direction
>>> from its members, so your feedback is important. If you have any
>>> questions, please contact us at info at arin.net.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Communications and Member Services
>>> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>>>
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